Very quiet around here

Derick, TonyKgull, CTGull, RobertW,
It's getting a little more active here.
I enjoy posts about brand new guitars, new old guitars and repairing guitars, but the posts I really like to see are about playing guitars: discussions about techniques, songs, videos of members, playing experiences. . .
I really miss discussions that we had with Garland. We had some good exchanges about guitars and performing both here and on Facebook. Garland and I were complete opposites politically and finally decided on Facebook, to confine our discussions to performing and guitar related issues and agree to disagree when it came to politics.
I recall Garland's excitement when he first decided to try an open mic, and his talk about performing becoming more and more comfortable. Making friends with fellow performers and picking up fans who looked forward to his appearances. I was so glad that he got a chance to experience this before he passed.

I've spent the past 4 days having fun with a knee injury, having lost a battle with gravity, a case of water, and a garbage can. I needed to get the case of water out of the back seat of my car so we could pick up our son after work. I quickly placed it on the top of the large rolling garbage can, but didn't look closely to see if it was stable. It wasn't. As I walked by it fell over into by leg, knocking me over. Yes, lots if pain. They got me into the van, but we still had to pick up our son and drop him off at home. Then to the ER. Putting weight on the leg was extremely uncomfortablen and getting wotse as tge night went on. We left after 4 hours (at 1am), sporting an immobilizing brace and crutches. When she put the brace on, it took most of the pain away and I could walk!! They wouldn't let me leave without using the crutches, but once I got home they got put to the side and never used again. I can't wear the brace to bed, so sleeping hasn't been great. Yesterday I attempted to spend some time sitting at my computer but found quickly it got painfull with my leg wanting to be straight out with no support. After an hour I couldn't stand it and gave up. I put a much lighter elastic/neoprene brace on, but it didn't give anywhere near as much support, but it allowed me to sit and move a bit easier. And I'm probably paying for it this morning with more pain. I'll be seeing the ortho doctor in one hour. I think I just blew out the meniscus in the inside. I don't think there is any tendon or ligament damage, but we will see what he says. I assume I will need an MRI to properly access the damage. What I REALLY want is a brace that will bend but properly support the joint, so I can go to work afterward. I only have 1.5 vacation days left until I get more in July.

CTGull, ouch! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

And you DO need to make time for recovery. I'm finding this to be the truth as the years go by.

curveballs
i noted i haven't changed strings since 2019. Shoulder recovery is very slow, I can play Amber (16" lower bout) for up to 5 mins. But getting my arm OFF that guitar hurts like hell. Health issues are piling up.. B12 deficiency caused by almost 20 year of metformin are making themselves felt: blood blisters on arms, swollen ankles, slow thinking, memory issues...

my gretch mando has silver/silk strings...the silver turn black, still sounds fine
im just ramblin' and not in a good way.
at least
with new eyes, i can see for miles, just cant read, or type

My second session of therapy on my knee went GREAT!! A few exercises and 10 minutes on the bike at low resistance. I asked him directly if more movement is better than less, and he said more. Just don't overdo it. ME?? Overdo it??

CTGull,

 Congratulations on the new to you guitar.
 You can never have to many guitars.